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The quality you dislike in someone is a quality in yourself you need to embrace more! What!? Yup, you need to become more like them—(obviously not literally, especially if they’re mean, abusive, racist, etc.)--but in a conscious, positive way. For example, being irritated at someone’s selfishness means you need to be more “selfish” by following your own needs—not in an insensitive way like the other person may being doing it, but in an aware, constructive way. Or, say you dislike someone who uses their power to oppress and hurt people. Their behavior is awful but the question is, how can you use your own power in a positive way? This episode shows you how to process what bothers you about people (including the really bad stuff) and use it for your personal growth. drzwig.com - instagram.com/drzwig - youtube.com/drzwig - facebook.com/drzwig

We project our unrecognized, unlived inner awesomeness onto other people and then feel bad that they possess these great qualities instead of us. It’s such an unconscious process that we have no idea that what we’re jealous of is actually something within ourselves we haven’t yet become conscious of! drzwig.com - instagram.com/drzwig - youtube.com/drzwig - facebook.com/drzwig

The daily barrage of images of success and perfection shown online and on TV can make you feel depressed and resentful that you don’t possess what these lucky folks seem to have. But what if your envy of these people isn’t just a negative, painful feeling you have to deal with? What if it's actually a meaningful process that can show you the path to enlightenment!? The qualities in people that you wish you had are actually projections of your own unrealized awesomeness! In this episode I guide listeners through an exercise to connect with this inner power. drzwig.com - instagram.com/drzwig - youtube.com/drzwig - facebook.com/drzwig

The current paradigm in psychology and psychiatry is deeply flawed. A few years ago an international review study in which 270 researchers on five continents, including the U.S., examined a hundred research reports in the most prestigious psychology journals, and what they discovered was shocking: Only 36% percent of the findings held up when the experiments were redone. If you ask researchers anywhere in the world whether they have a problem reproducing experiments in biology, chemistry, or physics, they’ll tell you, no. So, what’s up with psychology? Unlike all other fields of science, psychology is unique in that the human mind is both subject and object. In other words, the object being studied—the mind—is the same thing as that which is studying it—the mind. The mind is studying itself. The result is that objectivity in psychology is subjective! In order to get around this dilemma we need a process paradigm. drzwig.com - instagram.com/drzwig - youtube.com/drzwig - facebook.com/drzwig

Attaining a sense of inner freedom is one of our core needs but this experience is often blocked or unconscious. This results in problems like addiction, depression, and anxiety. There are two ways to make your inner freedom conscious: The first is to process the negative altered states of mind your problems induce; the second is to process the positive altered states of mind you unconsciously seek through drugs, alcohol, sex, exercise, work, success, play, love, eating, sleeping, dreaming, meditation, medication, incantation, ritual, prayer, music, etc..  drzwig.com - instagram.com/drzwig - youtube.com/drzwig - facebook.com/drzwig

A practical exercise on processing and transforming a difficult life issue. Problems that plague you over time are held in place by an unseen block to your inner freedom. The symptoms happen in order to awaken you to this block. In a sense, the problem isn’t really the point—it’s merely a catalyst to help you become more conscious of your process. Doing so helps you begin to make real change. drzwig.com - instagram.com/drzwig - youtube.com/drzwig - facebook.com/drzwig

Your deepest desires are often hidden from consciousness and manifest as unconscious forms of yearning—addiction, loneliness, depression, etc.. Processing these issues can connect you with what you really need in life which, in turn, can transform your problem.  drzwig.com - instagram.com/drzwig - youtube.com/drzwig - facebook.com/drzwig

Your deepest yearnings in life represent your most fundamental needs. But oftentimes these yearnings are unconscious and manifest through issues such as addictions, illness, depression, anxiety, phobias, relationship conflicts, etc.. Connecting with these core drives and desires can help you change what’s bothering you. In this episode I guide you through a simple exercise to tap into your deepest yearnings and use this awareness to transform your issues.  drzwig.com - instagram.com/drzwig - youtube.com/drzwig - facebook.com/drzwig

The story of a thirty-nine year-old waiter who complained of chronic depressed moods despite the fact that nothing particularly depressing had occurred in his life. I helped him transform his depression by processing his inner critic (which he didn’t realize he had). Depression isn’t an “illness" to manage but rather a meaningful and purposeful personal growth process trying to happen. drzwig.com - instagram.com/drzwig - youtube.com/drzwig - facebook.com/drzwig

I made a bet with the director of a prestigious psych clinic that I could help his severely depressed patient by processing his depression more than the director could by prescribing medication. I won the bet ! : ) Join me today for a wide ranging discussion of how the pharmaceutical industry has fed the public false information about depression, brain chemistry, and medication. Depression is a symptom of a powerful personal growth process trying to happen, not an “illness”! drzwig.com - instagram.com/drzwig - youtube.com/drzwig - facebook.com/drzwig

Solving your problems requires connecting with a wise part of yourself that gives you a new way of thinking, feeling, and behaving. But this wisdom isn’t based on something you've learned in the past—you have to discover it in the present. drzwig.com - instagram.com/drzwig - youtube.com/drzwig - facebook.com/drzwig

A simple exercise to tap into the wisdom you have (but don’t usually have access to) and use it to change a life problem. drzwig.com - instagram.com/drzwig - youtube.com/drzwig - facebook.com/drzwig

A rather deep, juicy, involved episode where I show how desire is the fuel for healing, growth, and freedom, and how your happy, healthy, aware self is always present within you waiting to be tapped into. drzwig.com - instagram.com/drzwig - youtube.com/drzwig - facebook.com/drzwig

Guided exercise to transform a problem by reaccessing a joyful experience from the past and using it to solve a current issue. drzwig.com - instagram.com/drzwig - youtube.com/drzwig - facebook.com/drzwig

The story of my client, Sandy,* who was depressed for a year following her divorce. While we were processing her sadness, she kept getting distracted by a song playing in her head.  I encouraged her to focus on how the song made her feel and she had a life changing experience. Problems, symptoms, and distractions aren’t wrong—they’re meaningful processes trying to awaken you to a new awareness. (* Sandy is her pseudonym) drzwig.com - instagram.com/drzwig - youtube.com/drzwig - facebook.com/drzwig

The modern world's extreme amount of external distraction disconnects us from ourselves, especially from our bodies and deeper feelings. This has deleterious effects on our well being and makes it almost impossible to process our problems. The guided body scan helps you reconnect with yourself. drzwig.com - instagram.com/drzwig - youtube.com/drzwig - facebook.com/drzwig

Your psychology doesn’t only manifest through your mind, it expresses itself through your body too. In fact, the notion of mind and body as distinct entities is a misnomer since at the deepest level they’re inseparable processes. Your physiology isn’t only governed by biochemical interactions but by subconscious mental / emotional processes, as well. Psychotherapy, self help, and personal growth aren’t only about working on your thoughts and feelings; they also require processing your body experiences—symptoms, illness, and whatever else you experience physically. drzwig.com - instagram.com/drzwig - youtube.com/drzwig - facebook.com/drzwig

Building on Exercise #1 this method shows you how to use targeted observation by focusing on thoughts, images, sounds, and body movements. Practicing this will give you the basic skills you need for learning how to hack into your problems and transform them. drzwig.com - instagram.com/drzwig - youtube.com/drzwig - facebook.com/drzwig

You have the power to transform your states of mind; you’re not a victim of brain chemistry. Awareness is the key to changing your problems but neuroscience is in complete darkness about it. Brain studies have given us knowledge about neurons, neural circuits, neurotransmitters, and brain lesions but they tell us nothing about awareness itself, and how we achieve agency from this mysterious source called “I” (which can’t be found in the brain). drzwig.com - instagram.com/drzwig - youtube.com/drzwig - facebook.com/drzwig

Every problem contains its own intrinsic solution. To transform your life issues you have to go through an experiential process that connects you with their meaning and purpose for your personal growth. Simple beginner exercise included. drzwig.com - instagram.com/drzwig - youtube.com/drzwig - facebook.com/drzwig